SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adobe
Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the first public
preview release of Adobe® Edge, a new HTML5 web motion and interaction
design tool that allows web designers to bring animation, similar to
that created in Flash®
Professional, to websites using standards likes HTML, JavaScript and
CSS. Because of rapid changes around HTML5, the company is adopting an
open development methodology for Adobe Edge and is releasing the
software on the Adobe
Labs site much earlier than normal in the development process –
before it even reaches beta – in order to allow user feedback to help
shape the final product.

While in public preview, Adobe Edge will be a no-charge download that
web designers are encouraged to explore and provide feedback on, to help
shape future preview releases. To download the software, visit www.labs.adobe.com.

“Over the last year Adobe has delivered on several significant HTML5
milestones including contributions to jQuery, submitting code to WebKit,
and enhanced HTML5 output in Creative
Suite® 5.5,” said Paul Gubbay, vice president of Design and Web
Engineering, Adobe. “Now, with Adobe Edge, we’re taking our HTML5
tooling to a whole new level and look forward to getting some really
useful feedback from the community over the next few months, as we
refine the product.”

The Adobe Edge preview works natively with HTML. It enables users to add
motion to existing HTML documents without hampering design integrity of
CSS-based layouts, and it also enables users to easily create visually
rich content from scratch, using familiar drawing tools that produce
HTML elements styled with CSS3. Users can import standard Web graphics
assets such as SVG, PNG, JPG and GIF files and style them using
CSS3. The design stage utilizes WebKit to enable design, preview and
manipulation of content with incredible fidelity. The innovative
timeline feature is both familiar for creative professionals and breaks
new ground in animation productivity to enable users to define and
customize motion applied to HTML elements with extreme precision.
Content created with Edge is designed to work on modern browsers
including those on Android,
BlackBerry
Playbook™, iOS,
HP webOS and other smartphone mobile devices as well as Firefox™,
Google
Chrome™, Safari™
and Internet
Explorer 9™.

This Adobe Edge public preview is available today on Adobe Labs as a
no-charge download for anyone wanting to explore adding motion and
animation to their HTML workflow or HTML animation to their skill set.
Creative professionals are encouraged to dive into the public preview
and provide their feedback at www.labs.adobe.com.
The Adobe Edge preview is expected to be updated regularly as new
functionality is added.

This summer Adobe is sponsoring the Expressive
Web Tour HTML5 Camps in cities that include San Francisco, Tokyo,
New York City and London to continue providing further support to people
interested in HTML5.

In addition, Adobe has launched a new
online resource showcasing some of the newest and most expressive
HTML5 and CSS3 features being added to the modern Web. The new site,
which was released today in beta, was created using new HTML5 and CSS3
features.

About Adobe’s HTML5 Innovations

Adobe Edge is the latest development in the company’s HTML5 and Web
standards strategy which also includes commitment to innovate open
source platforms like Webkit,
contributing to Web frameworks like
jQuery and extending existing tools like Adobe
Dreamweaver and Flash
to bring the next generation of Web standards to Web designers and
developers.

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including those
related to Adobe’s future product plans, which involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. For
a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties, individuals
should refer to Adobe’s SEC filings. Adobe does not undertake an
obligation to update forward-looking statements.